Now I have retired and on my first day of retirement I relax, it is Saturday, and I am going to a luncheon with a group of people that worked for a company that went bankrupt about 7 1/2 years ago. I retired from the company about 2 years before they went bankrupt and we try to get together a couple times a year. It seemed funny in a way because people asked how it felt to be retired and how I liked it. I don't know how it feels, I just retired yesterday and it hasn't set in yet.
It was good to see everyone and of course we talked about the good times we had at CF. I worked there for almost 29 years as a dispatcher and asst operations manager. It was my first job ashore when I quit going to sea as a Merchant Marine Deck Officer in 1970. It was a good company and one of the bigger trucking companies in the US, they were ranked as being one of the big three. I had a lot of good times and met a lot of great people, some of the finest I ever worked with, in my time with CF. I also had some rotten times, but it is funny how you tend forget those bad times and remember the better days with fondness.
We chatted and had a pretty good lunch and then I went shopping and drove around with my girl friend. I guess it was taking a little time or a little adjustment to get used to the idea that I was retired and had free time and no real schedule. Maybe it is OK not to have a routine to follow or no real plans, just do what I feel like doing when I feel like doing it.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
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